Skegness Masonic Benevolent Fund
Analysis
Skegness Masonic Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Skegness Masonic Benevolent Fund reported income of £10k and spending of £12k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £10k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.
Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Skegness Masonic Benevolent Fund sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include An Extra Mile Charitable Trust (£10k), Corringham and Fobbing Essex Old Age Pensioners Charity Fund (£10k) and Age Concern Liphook (£10k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The main object of the fund is the relief of such poor and distressed Brother Masons and their poor and distressed widows and children or for the benefit of such Masonic Charities or other charitable institutions, societies and objects as they shall in their absolute discretion from time to time direct.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| An Extra Mile Charitable Trust | London | £10k |
| Corringham and Fobbing Essex Old Age Pensioners Charity Fund | Stanford-Le-Hope | £10k |
| Age Concern Liphook | Liphook | £10k |
| Ability Sports and Social (North East) | Gateshead | £10k |